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DR. LINDA ABARBANELLAssociate Professor Research Interests: Cross-cultural cognitive psychology including the study of healthcare beliefs and practices across cultures, the development of scientific reasoning and other explanatory beliefs, and linguistic relativity. Office or Lab: Imperial Valley Campus 720 Heber Calexico, CA 92231-09021 |
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DR. NADER AMIRProfessor Research Interests: Experimental psychopathology with an emphasis on anxiety disorders. Office or Lab: ALV-6386/301/8 Phone: (619) 229-3740 Fax: (619) 594-1332 From inside SDSU please visit: https://cuta.sdsu.edu |
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DR. DAVID ARMORLecturer Office or Lab: LS-7L Phone: (619) 594-8842 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. ELVA ARREDONDOProfessor Office or Lab: 9425 Sky Park Court. #221, San Diego, CA 92123 Phone: (619) 594-3481 Center: IBACH |
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DR. CATHIE J. ATKINSProfessor Research Interests: Behavioral and social epidemiology, health promotion/disease prevention, health outcome evaluation, predictors of health behavior change. Phone: (619) 594-5732 |
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DR. LARISSA BARBERAssociate Professor Research Interest: Work-life balance and technology use, workplace telepressure, sleep and workplace well-being/behavior, employee stress and counterproductive work behaviors, positive psychology in the workplace. Office or Lab: SLS 293 Phone: (619) 594-4439 |
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DR. AARON BLASHILLProfessor Research interests: Body image and health behaviors (HIV medication adherence, sexual risk, indoor/outdoor tanning, anabolic-androgenic steroid misuse), with a particular focus on sexual orientation health disparities. Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Court, Ste. 103 Phone: (619) 594-2245 |
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DR. SUSAN M. BRASSERAssociate Professor and Master’s Programs Associate Advisor Research Interests: Physiological mechanisms of action of ethanol on the nervous system that regulate behavioral ingestion of the drug. Office or Lab: 6505 Alvarado Road, Ste. 112 Phone: (619) 594-8652 Fax: (619) 594-1895 |
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DR. RUTH CARPER
Research Associate Professor Research Interest: Brain bases of autism from early development through aging. Methods include anatomical MRI and structural connectivity MRI (diffusion MRI) in combination with cognitive measures and other imaging modalities. Particular interest in the brain and cognitive changes that occur in middle age and aging in adults with autism. Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92120 |
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DR. DONNA CASTAÑEDAProfessor Research Interests: The role of gender and ethnicity in close relationships; health promotion in Latina/o communities; and how characteristics of service delivery systems influence the provision of health and mental health services. Office or Lab: Imperial Valley Campus, 720 Heber, Calexico, CA 92231-09021 and LS 24D Phone: (760) 768-5586 |
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DR. COLBY CHLEBOWSKISDSU Clinic Director Research Interests: Therapist training and effective implementation of evidence-based interventions in community settings Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 103 Phone: (619) 594-2863 |
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DR. JEFF CONTEAssociate Professor and Associate Chair Research Interests: Personnel assessment & selection, personality predictors of work outcomes, psychological testing & measurement, work stress, Type A behavior pattern, temporal issues, and safety factors at work. Office or Lab: SLS- 287 Phone: (619) 594-0706 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. ELIZABETH D. CORDEROAssociate Professor Research Interests: Eating disorders and body image, including cultural and familial contributions to these issues; resilience and promotion of mental and physical wellbeing in college students; quality of life and relationship with the body among cancer patients and survivors; and mental-health issues pertaining to Latinos, women, and individuals from lower socioeconomic statuses. Office or Lab: Imperial Valley Campus , 720 Heber, Calexico, CA 92231-09021 and LS-24D |
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DR. TERRY CRONANProfessor Research Interests: Community interventions, community psychology, literacy development, multicultural issues, coping and chronic diseases, and health care utilization. Office or Lab: Office Location: ALV 6505/110 Phone: (619) 594-4595 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. THIERRY DEVOSProfessor Research Interests: Issues related to social identity, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination and how attitudes and beliefs about self and social groups operate outside of conscious awareness or control. Office or Lab: SLS-273 Phone: (619) 594-6911 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. INNA FISHMANResearch Associate Professor Research Interests: Brain organization and function in typical and atypical development (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, Williams syndrome), utilizing multimodal brain imaging approaches (functional connectivity MRI, diffusion imaging, EEG). Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 200 |
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DR. MARGARET FRIENDProfessor Research Interests: Basic processes of language learning and literacy development Office or Lab: Alv 6505/101/19 Phone: (619) 594-0273 Fax: (619) 594-6780 |
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DR. LINDA GALLOProfessor Research Interests: Psychosocial and behavioral processes in chronic disease risks and outcomes and on socioeconomic status and ethnicity-related health inequities. Office or Lab: 780 Bay Blvd #200, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Phone: (619) 240-7807 |
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DR. PAUL GILBERTProfessor and Chair Research Interests: Cognitive, behavioral, and motor changes in older adults and individuals diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease. Office or Lab: NLS 110 and LS-279 Phone: (619) 594-2892 |
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DR. DALE GLASERLecturer Research Interests: Multivariate statistics and the application of such, especially in regards to structural equation modeling. Office or Lab: LS-188c Phone: (619) 220-0602 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. KATE HATTRUPProfessor Research Interests: Cross-cultural psychology and organizational behavior, job attitudes, psychological measurement, criterion theory and performance evaluation, personnel selection. Office or Lab: LS-275 Phone: (619) 594-1876 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. JONATHAN HELMAssociate Professor Research Interests: Develops and refines statistical models that (1) measure psychological constructs, and (2) analyze longitudinal data. More specifically, uses both frequentist and Bayesian approaches to estimate novel multilevel and structural equation models designed to either separate psychological constructs from a variety of method effects, or summarize how psychological constructs unfold over time. Office: SLS-153 Phone: (619) 594-0533 |
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DR. PHILLIP HOLCOMBProfessor Research Interests: The brain basis of human cognition, primarily language comprehension and production, using electrophysiological measures Office or Lab: ALV-6505/203 Phone: (619) 594-3209 |
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DR. KEITH HORVATHProfessor Research Interests: Dr. Horvath’s research primarily focuses on developing and testing HIV prevention and treatment mHealth interventions for sexual and gender minorities. Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Court, suite 250 Phone: (619) 594-3346 |
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DR. TRISTEN INAGAKIAssistant Professor Research Interests: Why do we need and thrive off social connection? Why does feeling disconnected from others lead to worse health? Research in the Social-Health and Affective Neuroscience lab uses a combination of brain imaging (fMRI), pharmacology, psychophysiological, and PNI methods in order to answer these questions. Ultimately, we aim to understand how we fulfill and maintain our social connection needs across the lifespan. Office or Lab: 6505 Alvarado Ct., Suite 102 and 219 Phone: |
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DR. EMILY KAPPENMANAssistant Professor Research Interests: The study of cognition, emotion, and their interactions in healthy adults and adults with psychological disorders, using EEG, event-related potentials (ERPs), and brain stimulation. Office or Lab: Alvarado 6363, suite 250 Phone: (619) 594-2437 |
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DR. LISA KATHAssociate Professor and Master’s Programs Associate Advisor Research Interests: Training motivation and effectiveness, self-efficacy, organizational climate and change, women and minorities in the workplace. Office or Lab: LS-293 Phone: (619) 594-8702 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. R. JOANNE JAO KEEHNResearch Assistant Professor Research Interests: Neural and behavioral development of autism spectrum disorders with a focus on sensory (vision and haptics) and multisensory processing through the use of multimodal imaging techniques. Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado CT, #200 Phone: (619) 594-2162 |
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DR. MARK LAUMAKISLecturer Office or lab: Phone: (619) 594-1933 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. ANNIKA LINKEResearch Assistant Professor Research Interests: I investigate how brain function changes over the course of healthy development and in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. I am particularly interested in how these changes relate to long-term outcome and behavior, and how functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be used to identify children at risk before symptoms become behaviorally apparent. My research focuses on auditory processing given the importance of sound for early infant learning and language development, and the frequency of atypical sound processing and language delays in neurodevelopmental disorders. |
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DR. VANESSA MALCARNEProfessor and Co-Director of SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology Research Interests: Adjustment to chronic illness in children and adults; beliefs about physical and mental illness; measurement of ethnic identity and acculturation; ethnicity and psychopathology. Office or Lab: Alv-6363 Ste. 103 Phone: (619) 594-8642 Fax: (619) 594-6780 |
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DR. KSENIJA MARINKOVICAssociate Professor Research Interests: Multimodal imaging of cognitive functions with particular emphasis on alcohol-related impairments as a function of neurotransmitter genetic markers Office or Lab: 6505 Alvarado Rd. Suite 202 Phone: 619-594-1510 |
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DR. DAVID MARXAssociate Professor Research Interests: Research focuses on several aspects of social cognition including stereotypes, social comparison, and attention. One primary line of research centers on defining and refining stereotype threat. Office or Lab: LS-160 Phone: (619) 594-8708 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. GEORG E. MATTProfessor Research Interests: tobacco smoke pollution and exposure, secondhand smoke, thirdhand smoke, tobacco control policies; quantitative research methods, quasi-experimentation, field research, evaluation research, meta-analysis, generalizability; measurement, fuzzy set theory, cognitive models of self-reports, fuzzy set models of magnitude estimates. Office – Campus LSS 283 Phone: (619) 594-6262 |
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DR. SARAH N. MATTSONProfessor Research Interests: Child Neuropsychology, Behavioral Teratology, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Office or Lab: Alv 6330/100 Phone: (619) 594-7228 Fax: (619) 594-1895 |
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DR. ROBERT F. MC GIVERNProfessor Research Interests: Organizational and activational influences of sex steroids on cognitive sex differences in humans and animals. Office or Lab: NLS-118J Phone: (619) 594-1894 |
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DR. KATHERINE MIDGLEYResearch Associate Professor Research Interests: Bilingualism and second language acquisition – the cognitive and neural processes involved in using and acquiring a vocabulary in a second language. Office or Lab: ALV-6505/203 Phone: (619) 594-3209 |
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DR. JESSICA MCCURLEYAssistant Professor Research Interests: Health equity, health behavior, community-based Office or Lab: 6367 Alvarado Court, Suite 300 |
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DR. CLAIRE MURPHYProfessor Research Interests: The relationship of the brain to behavior. Office or Lab: 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 224 Phone: (619) 594-4559 Fax: (619) 594-3773 |
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DR. SADIA NAJMIResearch Assistant Professor Research Interests: Information-processing in anxiety disorders Office or Lab: ALV-6386/301 Phone: (619) 229-3740 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. JOSEPH M. PRICEProfessor Research Interests: Understanding the parameters of the social-environmental conditions necessary for normal development, the consequences for individual development when social-environmental conditions fall outside the species-normal range, and how best to develop and implement intervention programs for children whose social-environmental conditions fail to provide the conditions necessary for normal development. Office or Lab: Alv-6363 Ste. 103/6 Phone: (619) 594-5241 Fax: (619) 594-6780 |
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DR. RADMILA PRISLINProfessor Research Interests: Social influence and social change, group dynamics in the aftermath of social change, attitudes and persuasion, and the evaluation of public health programs. Office or Lab: LSS-277 Phone: (619) 594-3321 Fax: (619) 594-7443 |
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DR. SCOTT C. ROESCHProfessor Research Interests: Advanced statistical methodologies including latent variable methods (continuous and Office or Lab: LS-162 Phone: (619) 594-2652 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. MELODY SADLERAssociate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Advising Research Interests: Category differentiation and inter-group evaluative bias, the formation of stereotyping and prejudice in groups and the implications for information processing. Office or Lab: LS-173 Phone: (619) 594-1580 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. SHAWNA SAPONJICLecturer Office or Lab: LS-24E Phone: (619) 594-6293 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. ARIANA STICKELAssistant Professor Research interests: Cognitive aging, brain health, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, Hispanic/Latino/Latinx health, cardiovascular disease risk factors Office or Lab: 6367 Alvarado Court, Suite 300 Office Hours: by appointment Lab: Brain Research In Latino Life-course Aging (BRILLA) Lab |
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DR. GREGORY TALAVERAProfessor Research Interests: cardiovascular disease prevention, breast and cervical cancer screening promotion, behavioral interventions for diabetes care, smoking cessation and cardiometabolic health, and recruitment of minorities into long-term clinical trials. Office or Lab: 780 Bay Blvd #200, Chula Vista, CA 91910 |
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DR. DUSTIN THOMANAssociate Professor Research Interests: Social identity, social interactions, motivational experiences, self-regulation of motivation, participation and diversity in science education Office or Lab: SLS-170 and 6475 Alvarado, Suite 135 Phone: (619) 594-5020/ (619) 594-2273 |
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DR. JENNIFER THOMASProfessor and Master’s Programs Advisor Research Interests: Behavioral Teratology, developmental neuroanatomy and psychobiology, neurobiology of learning and memory, animal learning and cognition Office or Lab: Alv 6330/100 and LS 110B Phone: (619) 594-0681 Fax: (619) 594-6780 |
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DR. KATHERINE TURNERLecturer Office or Lab: LS-155 Phone: (619) 594-5129 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. JEAN TWENGEProfessor Research Interests: How culture affects individuals-particularly how the young generation is different and why Office or Lab: LS-289 |
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DR. ARJAN VAN DER STARResearch Assistant Professor Research interests: Sexual orientation-based and gender identity-based mental health disparities; minority stress; structural stigma; systems of oppression; social epidemiology.
Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Court, Ste. 101 Phone: (929) 217-5318 |
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DR. ALLISON VAUGHNProfessor Research Interests: Social relationships and health – a variety of social relationships are studied at various stages. Variables include impacts to mental health, physical health and work-related areas. Also examined are the stereotypes of and prejudice toward lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. Office or Lab: SLS-175 Phone: (619) 594-5536 Fax: (619) 594-1332 |
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DR. MIGUEL VILLODASAssociate Professor Research Interests: The effects of adversity, violence, and trauma on the development of attention-deficit/ Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Ct., Ste 250 Phone: (619) 594-0870 |
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DR. V. ROBIN WEERSINGProfessor Research Interests: Psychotherapy effectiveness, anxiety and depression, developmental psychopathology. Office or Lab: ALV-6363/200 Phone: (619) 594-8892 Fax: (619) 594-8913 |
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DR. KRISTEN WELLSProfessor Research Interests: cancer-related disparities, cancer communication, patient navigation, community health workers, systemic reviews, survey design Office or Lab: ALV-6363/103 Phone: (619) 594-1919 Fax: (619) 594-6780 |
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DR. JILLIAN LEE WIGGINSAssociate Professor Research Interests: We study brain activation patterns involved in typical and impaired socio-emotional development (for example, social interaction with other people, reading people’s emotions, reacting to people’s facial expressions). In particular, we are interested in understanding factors (e.g., social, family) that affect brain function in children and adolescents with irritability, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Our overall goal is to use brain information to improve mental health treatments and prevent disorders from developing in the first place. To accomplish this, we use functional MRI, functional connectivity, genetic, behavioral, and neuropsychological tools, in addition to developmental statistical methods. Dr. Wiggins is happy to talk with any interested students about these research topics. Office or Lab: 6363 Alvarado Ct., Ste 250 Phone: (619) 594-2188 |
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DR. MAY YEHAssociate Professor and Master’s Programs Associate Advisor Research Interests: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Lab – Research in this lab involves mental health services delivery for children, with particular interests in cultural issues, cultural competence, school involvement in services, and adapting efficacious treatments for culturally diverse populations. Office or Lab: ALV 6363/103/5 Phone: (619) 594-2838 Fax: (619) 594-6780 |
Emeritus Faculty
BORGES, Marilyn A.
BRYSON, Jeff B.
DEFRAN, R. H.
FENSON, Larry
FRANZINI, Louis R.
GRAHAM, William K.
HORNBECK, Frederick W.
KASS, Norman
LECKART, Bruce T.
LEE, Raymond
LITROWNIK, Alan
MARTIN, John E.
MCCORDICK, Sharon M.
PRICE, Judy M.
REILLY, Judy
RODIN, Miriam
SACCUZZO, Dennis P.
SALLIS, James (Jim)
SCHULTE, Richard H.
SCOLLAY, Patricia A.
SERENO, Marty
SPINETTA, John J.
In Memoriam
DICKEN, Charles F. (1929 – 2018)
GALLO, Philip S. (1935 – 2011)
GROSSBERG, John (1927 – 2008)
HARARI, Herbert (1933 – 2013)
HILLIX, W.A. (1927 – 2022)
HUNRICHS, William A. (1924 – 2015)
KAPLAN, Oscar (1915 – 1994)
KAREN, Robert L. ( – 2013)
KOPPMAN, Jerry W. (1934 – 2019)
LYNN, Elizabeth (1928 – 2017)
MCDONALD, Roy D. (1933 – 2017)
MOLLENAUER, Sandra (1942 – 2016)
PENN, Robert (1926 – 2011)
PLOTNIK, Rod ( – 2020)
PSOMAS, Timothy ( – 2019)
SCOTT, Thomas R. (1944 – 2017)
SEGAL, Evalyn F. (1932 – 2017)
SMITH, John R. ( – 2013)
STEVENS, Walter R. (1925 – 2018)
TURNER, Merle ( – 2005)
YAREMKO, Robert (1943 – 1999)